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Preface
Substance and Image: How to Tell Religion from Culture xiii
PART ONE: FAITH
Faith of Our Fathers: What the Church Has to Work With 3
Feed My Sheep: How the Church Makes Laws 12
Chapter and Verse: The Hard-Fought Genesis of the New Testament 20
That Old-Time Religion: Why the Church Still Guards the Old Testament 28
The Church's Family Albums: Other Good Books Besides the Bible 36
The Cycle of Redemption: Purgatory, Etc. 43
PART TWO: WORSHIP
In Memory of Me: A Short Guide to the Meaning and Structure of the Mass 57
Outward Signs: Decoding Symbols of Scripture and the Sacraments 69
The Sun of Justice: The Calendar as the Image of Christ's Life 78
Until We Meet Again: The Ceremonies of the Christian Funeral 85
The Stations of the Cross: The Logic of Their Development 91
The Rosary: A Garden of Christian Images 96
PART THREE: CULTURE
The Rite Stuff: The Many Faces of the Universal Church 105
The Pope: What He Does and Why It Matters 110
Priests, Bishops, and Deacons: The Church's General Staff 120
A People Set Apart: The Laity in the Modern World 130
A Different Order of Life: Monks, Nuns, and the Rules That Guide Them 137
Saints: How You Get to Be One 144
Fatima, Lourdes, and Elsewhere: The Story of Apparitions 150
Wondering About Signs: Does the Madonna Really Weep Through Images? 157
PART FOUR: CUSTOMS
How Beautiful Thy Dwelling Place: The Basic Forms of Churches 167
Priestly Vestments: Their Origins and Meanings 178
LikeUnto Pure Gold: The Meaning of the Precious Metal in the Service of the Church 186
The Vatican: A Holy City 194
Relics: The Church Remembers 203
The Sign of the Cross: The Surprising Story of Christianity's Best-Known Symbol 208
Sacramentals: Souvenirs of Sanctity 213
Water: Holy and Plain 218
The Odor of Sanctity: Making Sense of Incense 223
Let There Be Light: Candles in Prayer and Liturgy 228
A Star Out of Jacob: Why Nativity Sets Look That Way 233
Our Lady's Cloak: The Color of the Sky in Christian Art 237
The Miraculous Medal: The History of an Extraordinary Sacramental 241
Unceasingly Chant: Music in the Life of the Church 247
The Numbers Game: Symbols You Can Always Count On 254
Postscript: If You'd Like to Know More 267
Index 277
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Paul Hoare
reviewed Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church on November 08, 2007 Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church
For all you Catholics (and non-Catholics) who wonder what the different symbols, numbers, Saints, and other "Catholic Culture" things really mean: GET THIS BOOK!
Seriously - I am a life-long Catholic (and a well-read and educated one, particularly about my faith), and I still learned many things from reading this book (e.g., the origin of Nativity sets/creches, the significance of the 153 fish pulled in at the end of the Gospel of John, different Saints I'd never heard of before).
I just recently gave this book to my sister as a Christmas present (because she wish-listed one of those "New Age" numerology books by Doreen Virtue). She loves that this book gives an authentically Catholic understanding of what various Christian symbols mean (including the infamous "666" of Revelation).
This book will strengthen the faith of those already strong, as well as pull others back from the brink of secularism and New Age "cosmology/psychology". Highly recommended for all Catholics, as well as those who want to understand their Catholic friends (and converts in the family) better.
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